joetb

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Favorite films

  • Beau Travail
  • Shaun of the Dead
  • The Train
  • King of New York

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  • Misery

    ★★★★

  • Alien: Romulus

    ★★½

  • The Ipcress File

    ★★★½

  • Unstoppable

    ★★★★

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  • Misery

    Misery

    ★★★★

    Exquisite pacing.

  • Alien: Romulus

    Alien: Romulus

    ★★½

    Run of the mill sci-fi fodder for vast majority of the runtime but man, that final 25 minutes is something else.

    The Ian Holm decision looked like shit and was morally vacuous, congrats.

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★

    Confused and incoherent. Not as funny as it maybe thinks it is. A great film in there somewhere but script lets it down. Still pretty entertaining and the 137 minutes doesn’t drag.

  • Sunset Boulevard

    Sunset Boulevard

    Might need a rewatch…

    Norma felt one note, highly delusional and self-obsessed from the opening scene and never veering from that path. In short, no character arc.

    Knowing from the offset that Gillis ends up dead in the pool removed much of the narrative jeopardy. Norma being the shooter felt fairly predictable, as did her motives.

    Some Like It Hot and The Apartment both much preferred.